0:00:05 > 0:00:09These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads. And challenging the awesome
0:00:33 > 0:00:37might of our quiz champions today are Mint Condition.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40This team of colleagues all work at the Royal Mint in Cardiff,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42so let's meet them.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Hi, I'm Dan. I'm 30 and I'm a financial controller.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Jemma. I'm 31 and I'm an accounts administrator.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm James. I'm 37 and I'm a business analyst.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Rose. I'm 61 and I work in payroll.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Hi, my name's Russell. I'm 38 and I'm a telecoms specialist.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Welcome to you, Mint Condition. Very good to see you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Tell us about the Royal Mint and all the coins you produce there.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Absolutely. So we produce all the coins for the UK, circulating coins.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18We also export to about 65 other countries around the world.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21People often forget we also do all the commemorative coins,
0:01:21 > 0:01:26celebrating Royal events, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And we do a lot of medals as well, for the MOD, police and so on.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34OK. So, a busy time over the last few years. You had the Olympics
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- and then all those Royal events. Births and jubilees.- Absolutely.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42All the Royal events. Lots of commemorative coins for the Olympics
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and we also made all the Olympic and Paralympic medals in Cardiff.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Now, what about the working conditions there?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I'm not talking about how the management treat you but
0:01:51 > 0:01:54coins, for instance. Are you allowed to take coins in or is
0:01:54 > 0:01:57there a danger they might get mixed up? What's security like?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Absolutely. Security is very solid.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02We're not allowed to have any coins on site
0:02:02 > 0:02:04because at any time we can be searched,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08so if we had any coins in our pockets or hidden anywhere, people would know
0:02:08 > 0:02:11we'd been secreting them from the production lines.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Wow. Even though I know you're as honest as the day is long.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17You're like the Royal Family, then. You don't carry any change.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Yes.- OK. Listen, Mint Condition. You might winning a bit of change today.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26It would make quite a few pennies in the amount of money up for grabs.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Let me tell you about it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Everyday there's £1,000 up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38So, Mint Condition, the Eggheads have won the last game,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42which means £2,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44And let's get on with that task, shall we?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Who fancies a crack at our opening round? It is Geography.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Who wants to take this one on?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Is that me, is it? - Yes, I think so.- Yeah, OK.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- That will be me.- That will be you, Dan.- Choose any of those Eggheads.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Barry, I think.- Go for Barry?- Yeah. - I'll take on Barry, please.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Barry you're attempting to knock out.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Would you both please go to the Question Room,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09to make sure you can't confer?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Dan, we're going to play the round. Do you want to go first or second?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Challengers always get to choose. - I'll go first, Dermot.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20And best of luck. First question.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24German is widely spoken in the eastern part of which of these
0:03:24 > 0:03:25countries?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30OK. Well, Portugal would be Portuguese.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Greece would be Greece...eh, Greek.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And in Belgium you have a mix of languages there.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41So, eastern part is getting close to Germany, so I'll go for Belgium.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46It is of course Belgium. Well done, Dan. Good start.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And Barry.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53There are around 1,200 slot machines in the airport serving
0:03:53 > 0:03:55which of these US cities?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Well, it amazes me how popular slot machines are but the obvious
0:04:02 > 0:04:05answer for this one has got to be Las Vegas, and I guess that's my answer.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Las Vegas.- Yeah, of course it's got to be it. It's 1-1.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10And we go to Dan.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Which of these rivers runs through the city of Turin?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20OK. Well, the Tiber I know runs through Rome,
0:04:20 > 0:04:25so I'll discount that one, because I believe it's too far to the south.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I don't know for sure.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32- I've heard of the Po more than the Arno, so I'll go for Po.- OK.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Using a bit of elimination. A tiny bit of guesswork
0:04:35 > 0:04:37but got the right answer. Well done, Dan.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Just fill us in on the list, Eggheads. Tiber, Rome.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Where's the Arno then?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- ALL:- Florence
0:04:44 > 0:04:47OK, and your second question, Barry.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Which Welsh town became a city in 1969 to coincide with
0:04:52 > 0:04:55the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I was rather dreading a Welsh question coming up
0:05:01 > 0:05:04because my knowledge of Welsh geography is somewhat limited,
0:05:04 > 0:05:10but of those three, Newport rings a bell as becoming a town
0:05:10 > 0:05:14but was that in 1969? Or was that later on the Millennium?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I can't believe it was Cardigan.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And Swansea surely must have been a city before then.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- I'm going to go for Newport. - OK, Newport.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Right, well, CJ has weaknesses at other areas of British
0:05:26 > 0:05:30geography but he's pretty good at the Welsh stuff. CJ, is he right?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I live very near Newport, and I think Barry is right.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35It was closer to the Millennium and Cardigan's not a city,
0:05:35 > 0:05:36so I'll go for Swansea.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Indeed, it is Swansea, Barry. Swansea. Great news, Dan.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44You are straight into the final round with a correct answer here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Nuku Hiva is the largest island in which Pacific group?
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Nuku Hiva. N-U-K-U H-I-V-A.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I'd like to think I'd have heard of what the largest
0:06:02 > 0:06:05island in Fiji was and would recognise it if it came up,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08so I don't think it would be that one.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I haven't heard of the Marquesas Islands.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- And on that basis, I think I'll go for that.- Ah.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I thought you were going to say you wouldn't go for that
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and you'd go for the Cook Islands. Just as well you did go for those
0:06:20 > 0:06:23islands. It is the right answer.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Look at that. That's a score to treasure for a bit.
0:06:30 > 0:06:343-1 to Dan against Egghead Barry.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It means you're in the final round. You're booked in, Dan.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What a storming performance there by Dan.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Let's hope it continues this way for Mint Condition.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Winning the round 3-1, booking his place in that final round.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It means they've lost no brains from that final round.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57The Eggheads are one down and our second round today is going
0:06:57 > 0:07:00to be Film and Television. Who'd like to play this? It can't be Dan.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- Yeah, that's me.- That's you, Jemma. - We've decided I was doing that one.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08You obviously know which Egghead you want to play as well.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I think it's going to have to be Dave,
0:07:10 > 0:07:15because of having to keep the others for other possible categories.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19OK, let's have Jemma and Dave into the Question Room, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Jemma, its Film and Television. You get to choose.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Jemma. Here you go, first question.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36In the late 1980s, the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks was
0:07:36 > 0:07:39revived with which comedian as its host?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Er. Oh. SHE EXHALES
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I believe, was it Bob Monkhouse?
0:07:50 > 0:07:56Did he do that before he done the other one with all the squares?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- I think.- It's the right answer, well done.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Yes, he did do Opportunity Knocks.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- So, Dave, what was the one with all the squares?- Celebrity Squares.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Didn't matter. That wasn't the question.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11But you've got that all-important tick there, Jemma.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Dave, who provides the voice of the character Gru, G-R-U,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20in the 2010 animated film Despicable Me?
0:08:24 > 0:08:29I've been to see this film with my daughter and fell asleep, obviously.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34But I've got to thank her because I'm pretty sure it's Steve Carell
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- who was in that film, who voiced that film.- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42It is the right answer. I've seen it as well with my family.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I'd say go and see it again, stay awake or get it on DVD.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- I'm not good in cinemas.- It's a good film.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Get the DVD or something. It's a very good film. OK, it's all square.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Second question, Jemma.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Where was the 1981 film Outland, starring Sean Connery, set?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Right, this is before I was born.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14- I think I'll go with Republic of Ireland.- OK. Eggheads.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Do you think she's right?- It's Outer Space.- Space film.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Science-fiction film. - Isn't it also a kind of cowboy film?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- It's a space western, effectively. - Space western?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25He's sort of the equivalent of Gary Cooper in High Noon
0:09:25 > 0:09:28where he's the lone sheriff going up against everybody.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- Set on one of the moons of Jupiter. - OK. Outer Space, I'm afraid.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35So, not the right answer, there.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Let's see how Dave does with his second question.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41In 1995, which actor joined the cast of Coronation Street,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44playing Roy Cropper?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Malcolm Hebden's Norris Cole. Chris Gascoyne's Peter Barlow.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- I think David Neilson plays Roy Cropper.- OK.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Which, as I know, a regular viewer of Coronation Street, you know
0:09:59 > 0:10:03is the correct answer. Well done. That's the way they fall.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Right, well that's bad news for you, Jemma.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10It means you must get this question to stay in the game.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Which of these English actresses has spent much of her career
0:10:13 > 0:10:16appearing in French language films?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Right, Catherine Zeta-Jones started her career in the
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Darling Buds Of May.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31I'm going to discount her because I've seen her in her career then
0:10:31 > 0:10:35and I haven't seen her do many French things.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41Helena Bonham Carter does a lot of the films for her
0:10:41 > 0:10:46husband-director, so I'm going to say Kristin Scott Thomas.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49OK, Kristin Scott Thomas...
0:10:49 > 0:10:51..is the right answer. Well done, Jemma.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I bet your team are hoping you can hang on in there, because you're
0:10:56 > 0:11:01clearly an asset to them but, because of that slip in the middle,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05it means Dave has a chance to win the round with this question, Dave.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11Who played the sleuth, Jason King, on television in the 1960s and '70s?
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Yeah, he had a moustache, didn't he? Quite suave at the time.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- Peter Wyngarde.- Peter Wyngarde. Jason King...
0:11:26 > 0:11:30..Is the right answer. Bad luck, Jemma. As I was saying earlier,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34clearly an asset to the team but can remain an asset, advising them and
0:11:34 > 0:11:38telling them about the Eggheads' strengths and the odd weaknesses.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- I can do that.- Would you come back, please and join your teams,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43both of you?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46A good battle there by Mint Condition but the Eggheads won
0:11:46 > 0:11:49through in that round which evens it up. Both teams now have
0:11:49 > 0:11:53lost one brain from the final round and we move on to round three in our
0:11:53 > 0:11:57head-to-heads. This one is Science. Three players eligible for this.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Who wants to take it on?- Are you going to take that on, Russell.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- I think that's you, Russell. - I'm going to have a crack at Science.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Then if sport comes up, you can do that.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Russell. Who do you want to play from the Eggheads? Barry and Dave
0:12:08 > 0:12:11have played so you can have Chris, CJ or Kevin.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I'm not going to go for Chris
0:12:13 > 0:12:15because he is very knowledgeable in the area of science.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- I think I'm going to go for CJ.- CJ?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Right, let's have Russell and CJ into the Question Room,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22both of you, please.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Russell, you and CJ have a lot in common.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29- You both love running marathons. I hear you're a very fit man.- Yes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Currently trying to do 100 marathons by the time I'm 40.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36I've currently done 61 and I have another 15 or 16 months to get
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- to the 100.- And then what? By the time you are 70, 1000?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Well, not quite so.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I think maybe the next challenge would to be get under a three-hour
0:12:44 > 0:12:46marathon, but that's for another day.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49This is spooky because I've had exactly the same conversation
0:12:49 > 0:12:50- with CJ.- OK.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53CJ wants to get under three hours for the marathon and has also
0:12:53 > 0:12:55started running, what do you call them, "doublers?"
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- That's just what, double the distance?- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01A couple of years ago I ran from Brighton to London non-stop.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Was someone chasing you?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06It's been a long time since anybody chased me, Dermot.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10And you want to get under three hours. You marathon runners,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12you'll love this. What's your best time so far, CJ?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- 3 hours 11 minutes.- Russell?- His time is quicker than me.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- 3 hours 21 minutes.- Oh. OK. That's stoked up the competition.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Let's hope it feeds through into this round.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Russell, do you want to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31OK, Russell. First question on Science.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35What name is popularly given to the region of the retina that has
0:13:35 > 0:13:38no photoreceptors?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Root Canal...
0:13:43 > 0:13:46..That sounds like it's something to do with teeth.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49So I'm going to rule that out straightaway.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Nasal sounds something to do with the nose,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- so I'm going to go for blind spot. - Blind spot.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Probably right to do that, I would suspect. It is the right answer.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00That question could have been rephrased once you work out
0:14:00 > 0:14:02the retina is in the eye.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Which of the other three has anything to do with the eye?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06And it is, of course, the right answer,
0:14:06 > 0:14:11but you're right to be very careful and go into the lead there.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16CJ, which bodily substance is primarily affected by anaemia?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I was worried my first show back after two years,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I wouldn't know the first question, but here's hoping I do.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And here's hoping it's blood.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Blood is the right answer.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33And we go onto our second question for both of you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Russell, degaussing is the process of reducing what from a device?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Degaussing. I've heard the term.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49I'm going to go straight down the middle and go magnetism.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Magnetism for degaussing...
0:14:51 > 0:14:53..is the right answer, Russell. Well done.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59CJ. From what is the gelling agent pectin most commonly derived?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10I think that comes, for example, from a lot of fruits so
0:15:10 > 0:15:11I think it's plant cell walls.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15It's the right answer, well done, CJ. It's 2-2.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17A highly competitive round. Russell.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Which freshwater fish is known as the doctor fish
0:15:21 > 0:15:26due to a traditional belief that its slimed cured any sick fish
0:15:26 > 0:15:28that rubbed against it?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Erm. Oh. Fishing is not my strong point.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I'm going to go down the right, Dermot and go tench.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43An assured performance so far. Tench is right.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50OK, CJ. The one facing ejection first.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56A biuret test is used to determine the presence of what in a solution?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I haven't heard this one, unfortunately.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08But would you look for proteins or fats in a solution?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13You'd look for salts in a solution. Would you look for the other two?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's the only tenuous strand I've got to go on,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20so I will try, as not much more than a blind guess, salts.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It is proteins, which means let's
0:16:22 > 0:16:26turn to Russell and congratulate him. Well done, Russell.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30You may not be able to beat him in a marathon, yet
0:16:30 > 0:16:33but you certainly beat him in Eggheads. Well done, Russell.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34You're through to the final round.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Well, that's looking better for Mint Condition. Another Egghead gone.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44As it stands, the Eggheads have lost two brains from the final round.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Mint Condition, just one.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And we reach our last head-to-head before that final round.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53And this one is History. Two of you remaining there able to play this.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- James or Rose. Who wants it?- James. - Definitely James.- OK, James.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Who do you want to play from the Eggheads.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- It can be either Kevin or Chris. - Can I play against Chris, please?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08You certainly can. He's raring to go.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10So let's have James and Chris into the Question Room, please.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- James, do you want to go first or second?- First, please.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22It's History. First question to James.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Which early weapon was a heavy club, often with a spiked metal head?
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Well, I think ballista was a device for shooting a weapon.
0:17:35 > 0:17:42I understand a claymore is a very large sword, double-handed sword.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47So, I would like to choose mace, please.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50OK, mace. And you've chosen the right answer. Well done.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53On the board. Chris.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Which British Prime Minister wrote a four-volume work entitled
0:17:56 > 0:17:59A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- That's a monumental work by Winston Churchill.- You attempted it?
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Or got through it all?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12It's quite heavy-going but, being Churchillian,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- it's very well written. - That's almost a politician's
0:18:14 > 0:18:17answer there. He hasn't told me whether he's read it or not.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I take it from that it's a no.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23It's the right answer, though. That's what counts. James.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27In which country was the infamous Dr Crippen born?
0:18:30 > 0:18:35I would like to play the odds here.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Largest population would be the USA.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44- So, I'd like to choose that answer, please.- Chris, is that right?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Yeah. Hawley Harvey Crippen was a quack medicine peddler from the USA.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Is the right answer. Well done.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well done, James. OK. Your second question, Chris.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02The Cardwell Reforms of the 1860s and 1870s were designed to
0:19:02 > 0:19:05change the character of what in Britain?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Yeah, they were bitterly opposed by Harry Flashman in the
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Flashman novels. They were reforms to the Army.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19They were. It's the right answer, so another good round going on here.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21James. To go back into the lead.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25In the later years of Francisco Franco's rule over Spain,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29what name was given to the state party he headed?
0:19:32 > 0:19:38I've got a funny feeling that the answer is the Force.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42It's the Movement. The Movement.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Which means Chris has a chance here.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Thomas Aquinas belonged to which Christian order?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Well, he was an ascetic intellectual, wasn't he?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And I don't think the Benedictines are particularly ascetic.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I don't think he was a Dominican, either. I think he was a Franciscan.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Thomas Aquinas was not a Franciscan. Other Eggheads?- A Dominican.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Dominican, Chris.- Oh. Always choose the wrong one.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Well, both going astray on their third question which leaves it all
0:20:13 > 0:20:15square at 2-2. We go into Sudden Death.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Just reminding you don't hang around there for any options
0:20:18 > 0:20:20appearing on the screen. They won't be there.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Just got to hear the answer from you. Try this one.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28In which decade of the 20th century did the UK Post Office introduce
0:20:28 > 0:20:32a two-tiered postal system offering first and second class stamps?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38I am going to go for the 1950s, please.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's not the '50s.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Chris, do you know?- It was the '70s, wasn't it?- No!
0:20:43 > 0:20:48- Later than that?- No. The one in between.- 1968.
0:20:48 > 0:20:521968, precisely from the Eggheads. A slip-up from James, then.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55OK, interesting Chris wouldn't have got it
0:20:55 > 0:20:57but he's getting the second set of questions.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Chris, to go through to the final round.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03The Rowlatt Acts, passed by the Imperial Legislative Council
0:21:03 > 0:21:08in 1919, enforced emergency measures in which country?
0:21:08 > 0:21:13That was about the time of serious unrest in India, so India.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- British India. - India is the correct answer, Chris.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19It means you are in the final round.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21No place, unfortunately, for James.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Would you both come back and join your teams?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And so this is what we've been playing towards.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28It's time for the final round,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30which as always is General knowledge.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be
0:21:33 > 0:21:35allowed to take part in this round. So Jemma
0:21:35 > 0:21:40and James from Mint Condition, and CJ and Barry from Eggheads,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42would you all leave the studio, please.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Dan, Rose and Russell, you're playing to win Mint Condition
0:21:47 > 0:21:49£2,000. Dave, Kevin and Chris,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52you're playing for something which no amount of money can buy.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Now, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00This time the questions, just to repeat, are all General Knowledge
0:22:00 > 0:22:03and you are allowed to confer in this, the final round.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05So, Mint Condition, the question is,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Dan, Rose and Russell, would you like to go first or second?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12First, please.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Here is your first question.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21In June 2013, Rupert Murdoch's company News International
0:22:21 > 0:22:24changed its name to what?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I don't think it would be Mags UK, would it?
0:22:31 > 0:22:36- No.- Or TV UK. I'm leaning towards News UK.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Or is that too obvious?- News UK's obvious.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Unless we've got a particular drive towards
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- one of the others, we've got to go with the obvious.- Go for that one.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Dermot, we'd like to go for News UK, please.- News UK,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50you're saying. Got to go with the obvious. Never overlook the obvious.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It is the right answer. Well done. News UK.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57And Eggheads' first question.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Popular in the 1920s, what was an Eton crop?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Popular in the 1920s, what was an Eton Crop?
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- Female hairstyle.- You OK with that? We believe that's a hairstyle.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17OK. Hairstyle is the right answer, Eggheads, as we all know here.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21So, 1-1. Back to Mint Condition. Second question.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25What is the title of the fourth book in the Robert Langdon series,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28published in May 2013?
0:23:32 > 0:23:38That's the Dan Brown series, is it? With Angels and Demons...
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- ..Da Vinci Code.- I don't know. Inferno rings a bell.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Dermot, we think Inferno is ringing a bell with us
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- so we'll go for that.- OK. Any of you read it, if it is Inferno?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- I'm not confirming it yet.- No.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00It is the right answer. Well done.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03You've got it. Two to you. And Eggheads.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Which company designed and built the SH-3 Sea King,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12one of the world's first amphibious helicopters?
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- That's Westland Sikorsky, so it's Sikorsky.- Yeah. Bell is the American
0:24:19 > 0:24:24one. I think Sikorsky is...OK?
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- We're going to go for Sikorsky. - Sikorsky...
0:24:29 > 0:24:32..is the right answer, Eggheads. Yes, you got it.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Let's see if you can go in the lead for a third time, Mint Condition.
0:24:36 > 0:24:43Whose Symphony No. 101 in D major, written in London,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47around 1794, is nicknamed the Clock Symphony?
0:24:50 > 0:24:55I don't...too early for Holst. Handel was more choral works.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59I'm thinking...I'm leaning towards Haydn.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Yeah. I'll go with that. - Dermot, we're going to go with Haydn.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Haydn...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07..is the right answer. Well done.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- OK, Eggheads. This is interesting, isn't it?- Always.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15You need to get this, I don't need to remind you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:22Which museum was established in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures?
0:25:26 > 0:25:31It's certainly not the British Museum, which is a lot older.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- Wasn't the V&A later?- No, it's the right sort of time for the V&A.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I think the Science Museum is a later offshoot.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44I think that was the origin of the V&A, the Victoria & Albert.
0:25:44 > 0:25:51The Great Exhibition the year before, and the V&A stemmed from that and
0:25:51 > 0:25:56the Great Exhibition was to show off British technology, inventions, etc.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I think the Science Museum is probably a later
0:25:58 > 0:26:02offshoot from the V&A, so Victoria & Albert.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04OK, your answer is the V&A museum.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- It is the Victoria & Albert Museum. - Well done, Kevin.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Inevitably, we go to Sudden Death. Well played so far, Mint Condition.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Can you clinch the deal, though? Can you win the money? Sudden Death now.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Which country became the 28th member of the European Union
0:26:21 > 0:26:25when it joined in July 2013?
0:26:25 > 0:26:30There was a big influx, I think, in 2009, 2010.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36- It wasn't Romania, was it?- Oh. No, that rings a bell.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- I remember programmes about looking...- Was it one of those
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- Eastern European countries?- It wasn't Kosovo, something like that?
0:26:45 > 0:26:51- I don't think so.- Romania sounds right. There was...
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- Should we go for Romania? - It's a guess, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Well, we're not 100% sure but we're going to go for Romania.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04OK, Romania.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It's not the right answer. It's not Romania.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Eggheads, do you know?- ALL:- Croatia. - Croatia. When did Romania join?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- They joined with Bulgaria.- 2007.
0:27:14 > 0:27:192007 for Romania. Oh, dear. Nothing there, but nil desperandum.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Let's see what the Eggheads do with their sudden death question.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28Eggheads. Happiness Is A Warm Gun is a song that first
0:27:28 > 0:27:31featured on an album by which group? Happiness Is A Warm Gun...
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- It is the Beatles..- is a song that first featured
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- on an album by which group? - Beatles, White Album.- Yeah.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Well, we think that was on the White Album by the Beatles.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Beatles, you think.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48Appearing on the White Album, also known as The Beatles, that album...
0:27:48 > 0:27:51..is the right answer, Eggheads. You've won.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Mint Condition. Well done. You brought your quizzing here in
0:27:59 > 0:28:02mint condition. You really did well against the Eggheads.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It's been so close as we can see all the way there.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08It was the Sudden Death question in the final round that has decided it.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- We hope you've enjoyed yourselves here today.- Very much so.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15We've had a wonderful time having you and best of luck with the coins
0:28:15 > 0:28:18in the future. But it wasn't to be
0:28:18 > 0:28:20which means the Eggheads have done what comes
0:28:20 > 0:28:23naturally to them and they still reign supreme over quiz land.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £2,000.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28That means, of course, the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33And do join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have
0:28:33 > 0:28:37the brains to defeat the Eggheads. £3,000 says they don't.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Until then, from all of us here, goodbye.